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An hour's drive brought all to their destination, and after 

 partaking of afternoon tea, the members were conducted to an 

 eminence on the golf links, from which Mr. Praeger pointed 

 out the various places of interest in the neighbourhood, 

 described its geological features, and showed the routes to be 

 traversed during the week. The members then scattered 

 over the peninsula to indulge in their various pursuits till 

 seven o'clock, when the return drive to Sligo was commenced. 

 After dinner the members repaired to the Town Hall, in 

 which the Mayor of Sligo had kindly placed a room at their 

 disposal to enable them to arrange their collections and to 

 compare notes and interchange opinions during the confer- 

 ence. 



Wednesday morning dawned fair and bright, and imme- 

 diately after breakfast, brakes were mounted and a start 

 made for Drumcliff. Here are two ancient crosses, the prin- 

 cipal one being considered one of the finest of the richly- 

 sculptured " high " crosses of Ireland. On the opposite side 

 of the road is a Round Tower, the only one of these structures 

 in County Sligo. This Round Tower is placed by Miss Stokes 

 in the first or earliest style of towers, being built of " rough 

 field stones, untouched by hammer or chisel." The various 

 archaeological features were described by Mr. W. J. Fennell, 

 M.R. I.A.I. , after which the drive was resumed to the penin- 

 sula of Raghly, and lunch was partaken of close by the roof- 

 less baronial hall of the Gore-Booth family. After lunch 

 the members walked by the yellow strand or through the 

 sand-dunes to Knocklane, a singularly isolated conical hill of 

 limestone (189 feet), rising right over the Atlantic, and com- 

 manding a magnificent view. The members were now busy 

 at observation and collection, and the hours passed quickly 

 till four o'clock, the time appointed for resuming the drive. 

 The next stopping place was Lissadill, the residence of Sir 

 Josslyn Gore-Booth, Bart., who had courteously invited the 

 members to explore the beauties of his demesne, for which 

 two hours were apportioned. The well-tended garden and 

 grounds were much admired, and many valuable specimens 



